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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
5
The Kansas City Star quotes a translated excerpt from The Goodman of Paris outlining strict 14th century wifely conduct. It urges wives to be escorted, modestly avert gaze, move carefully on the road, seek quiet church spaces, and recite prayers with lips kept in motion while upright.
Lincoln Steffens argues in the American Review that children reveal parental traits. He asserts fathers and mothers hold the keys to their offspring, urging parents to consider their own behavior, self-control, and the present needs of children over personal preoccupations.
The Plymouth Journal recounts a remarkable Plymouth Yard cat at Devil's Point Battery known for diving into the sea to catch fish and deposit them in the guardroom for sailors. The seven year old feline is described as an expert fisher and useful caterer to the crew.
The British stationery office once instructed that gum should be used just enough to moisten the surface without excess, akin to a gummed postage stamp. A modern economist paraphrased this into the curt guidance “Apply thinly,” drawing a wry contrast with the original verbose instruction.
A short note discusses attribution of the saying You cannot fool all of the people all of the time. It cites a 1908 A. Wessels publication misattributing the line to Lincoln and Barnum, noting the Clinton speech of 1858 as a likely misattribution and suggesting the phrase predates Lincoln.
The presiding officer of the Chicago Association of Commerce will rap with renewed authority using a gavel carved from a White House roof truss. The piece dates to repairs during the Coolidge administration and has connected 26 U.S. presidents to its history.
The shoe industry in the United States traces to 1629 when Thomas Beard, aboard the Mayflower on its third voyage, brought hides for shoe making. Seven years later Philip Kertland of Buckinghamshire started shoe production in Lynn, Massachusetts, and Massachusetts has led world boot and shoe manufacture since then.
Edgar Wallace cites life’s non commissioned officers as the grit behind industrial tyranny. Foremen and petty overseers wield power, sometimes aiding bosses, sometimes rebelling, yet always seeking control. Oratory, not leadership, propels many to statesmanship across eras.
The original crude canal built by trappers in 1797 98 linked St Marys Falls to the rapids to compete with Hudson's Bay Company in fur transport. Destroyed by US troops in 1814 the 1853 Michigan canal project aimed to connect Lakes Superior and Huron with two locks at a cost of 1 million dollars later enlarged in 1870 and finally handed to the federal government in 1882.
The blizzard in movies is created from cornflakes blown along by devices. Chicago and Omaha mills produce the flakes from white corn, which is cooked and baked into a snowlike mass. Breakfast flakes receive malt and sugar for browner color. Snowflakes used weigh five ounces per gallon and can be swept up and reused after scenes.
A Carnegie Institution panel in Washington challenges the moon’s whiteness, suggesting a dull brown color due to weathered rock, while E J Gounod proposes Mars may be green from vegetation. He argues red appearances come from light filtering through planetary atmospheres. Popular Science Monthly cites rust, soil color, or red vegetation as Mars explanations.
Bees follow nectar guides on nasturtium petals guiding them to the deep spur filled with honey. The upper two petals show the way while the three lower petals bear a bristled barrier to deter ants and other insects from stealing the nectar.
A club member famed for constant grumbling laments his luck claiming to be a Jonah and a Job in one. A fellow member offers a parting quip noting he still has Jonah's wail.
Conservation notes report Michigan state trappers move to a base fifty dollar monthly salary plus a twenty dollar bonus per wolf coyote or bobcat taken with no bonus for fox amid opposition over travel pay and job security. The plan aims to boost efficiency while trimming staff by at least five. critics warn of pay gaps for time spent in game wardens duties and risks of resignations. Legislative changes to game laws and season dates were debated, with concerns that the new code reduces protections for depleted game resources especially in rabbit pheasant woodcock and partridge seasons.
The text argues the new hunting code makes enforcement near impossible and causes noncoinciding seasons for pheasant and squirrel, urging restoration of the old rule with a general Oct 25 opening for upland game. It notes warden confusion and calls for keeping the existing code.
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